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OSCE conducts specialized training in Ukraine on practical applications of open data for the business and financial sectors
Publishing date: 12 September 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
Open data offers timely insights into markets, competitors, and consumers, serving as a key enabler of evidence-based decision-making, financial innovation, and sustainable growth. To promote its use across Ukraine’s business and financial sectors, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic
Commitment to forge stronger cross-sector partnerships and integrated crisis resilience strategies reaffirmed by anti-trafficking leaders at annual meeting
Publishing date: 12 September 2025
Content type: Press release
STRASBOURG, 12 September 2025 — National anti-trafficking co-ordinators and rapporteurs reaffirmed their commitment to forge stronger cross-sector partnerships and integrate crisis resilience into anti-trafficking strategies at their largest annual meeting, held from 11 to 12 September at the
OSCE Showcases Anti-Money Laundering and Virtual Asset Expertise at 2025 GCFFC Summit
Publishing date: 11 September 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) actively contributed to the 2025 Annual Summit of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime (GCFFC), held on 10-11 September in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The event brought together over 200 participants from international organizations,
OSCE regional workshop in Durrës focused on nexus between drug trafficking and violent crime
Publishing date: 10 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Transnational Threats Department
The OSCE Presence in Albania, with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit and the United States Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), organized a two-day regional workshop on the nexus between
OSCE supports Ukraine in developing national strategy to combat illicit SALW
Publishing date: 3 September 2025
In response to the growing threats posed by illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, the Government of Ukraine is seeking to develop a national strategy on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), together with a comprehensive action plan to guide its implementation.
OSCE Workshop in Astana Strengthens Kazakhstan’s Capacity to Investigate Virtual Asset Crimes and Facilitate Asset Recovery
Publishing date: 1 September 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
The OSCE, through its Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), held a two-day workshop in Astana on 6-7 August 2025 to enhance the capacity of the Prosecutor’s Office and law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in investigating crimes involving
OSCE Ministerial Council decision marks new step towards sustainable peace in the South Caucasus
Publishing date: 1 September 2025
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship, Minsk Group, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA/HELSINKI, 1 September 2025- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Valtonen, and OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu welcome the adoption of a Ministerial Council decision closing the Minsk process and related structures following a Joint Appeal from Armenia and Azerbaijan.